Ramaphosa and several other African leaders will travel to Russia and Ukraine in an attempt to end the conflict between the two Eastern European nations.
African nations proposed a new initiative to help bring an end to Russia’s war against Ukraine, President Cyril Ramaphosa said, adding to a string of foreign offers of mediation and peace talks.
“This peace mission will contribute to the various other missions to bring a close to this conflict,” Ramaphosa said. South Africa’s stated neutrality in the war has been called into question, with the US last week alleging that it supplied weapons to Russia, and its army chief holding talks in Moscow on Monday with his Russian counterpart about broadening cooperation. Pretoria has denied any knowledge of the armament shipments, and said it has appointed an independent judge to investigate.
The war “has an impact on the lives of many Africans with regard to food security, the prices of fertilizers have gone up, the prices of cereals have gone up and the prices of fuel,” Ramaphosa said. “Principal to our discussions are efforts to a peaceful resolution to the devastating conflict in Ukraine, its cost on human lives and the impact on the African continent.”
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